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TECHNOLOGY LICENSING OPPORTUNITY Test Artifact for Irradiated Material Testing Maximizing lattice structures to quantify difficult to measure physics in nuclear energy such as irradiated assisted cree... TECHNOLOGY LICENSING OPPORTUNITY Test Artifact for Irradiated Material Testing Maximizing lattice structures to quantify difficult to measure physics in nuclear energy such as irradiated assisted creep. Opportunity: Idaho National Laboratory (INL), managed and operated by Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (BEA), is offering the opportunity to enter into a license and/or collaborative research agreement to commercialize this test artifact design. This technology transfer opportunity is part of a dedicated effort to convert government-funded research into job opportunities, businesses and ultimately an improved way of life for the American people. Overview: The design and utilization of lattice structures has dramatically increased due to the rapidly increasing availability of additive manufacturing techniques and capabilities. R&D on these lattice structures has primarily focused on minimization of a physical response, such as zero CTE structures. However, R&D on using lattice structures to amplify or maximize physical response is difficult to find. Description: Researchers at Idaho National Lab have designed a new method for maximizing lattice structures to maximize their geometric response to quantify difficult to measure physics in nuclear energy such as irradiated assisted creep. These lattice structures can be designed to radically amplify the creep response and provide an easy to quantify indication of the creep by the lattice structure changing shape or volume that can be measured with optical techniques. Irradiated assisted creep measurements require significant periods of time (multiple years) to complete and require expensive hot cells to complete the post irradiation examination. The ability to visually measure the enhanced creep response using a maximizing lattice structure would significantly simplify the material handling and drastically reduce the time needed for tests. Benefits: Can radically amplify the creep response and provide an easy to quantify indication of the creep. Significantly simplifies the material handling and drastically reduces the time needed for tests. Applications: Designed for use as a test artifact for current and future nuclear reactors. Development Status: TRL 1, this technology is an early-stage theory, with plans to implement. IP Status: Patent Application No. 17/808.944, “Test Capsules for Measuring a Change in at Least One Property of a Material,” BEA Docket No. BA-1275. INL is seeking to license the above intellectual property to a company with a demonstrated ability to bring such inventions to the market. Exclusive rights in defined fields of use may be available. Added value is placed on relationships with small businesses, start-up companies, and general entrepreneurship opportunities. Please visit Technology Deployment’s website at https://inl.gov/inl-initiatives/technology-deployment for more information on working with INL and the industrial partnering and technology transfer process. Companies interested in learning more about this licensing opportunity should contact Andrew Rankin at td@inl.gov.